Heat transfer enhancement of fin-tube heat exchangers with vortex generators is investigated using naphthalene sublimation technique. Experiments are performed for the fin-flat tube and the fin-circular tube heat exchangers with and without vortex generator. Vortex generators are found to enhance heat transfer rate on the fin surface dramatically. Their effect is relatively high in the fin-flat tube heat exchanger compared to fin-circular tube heat exchanger. Performance test is done for the prototype of air-conditioning heat exchanger and gas boiler heat exchanger with and without vortex generators .Fin-flat tube heat exchanger with vortex generator promote local heat transfer coefficient by 75% and increase friction factor, but friction of fin-flat tube heat exchanger with vortex generator is lower than that of fin-circular tube heat exchanger without vortex generator by 45%